Meaning & use
death
The permanent end of life in a person, animal, or plant.
See it in a sentence
The community mourned the death of the beloved town doctor.
Historians study the causes of death during the plague years.
A note on using this word
Death is often softened in speech with gentler terms like 'passing' or 'loss', especially when speaking about someone recently deceased.
Words with a similar meaning
passingdemise
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Words with an opposite meaning
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